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   furnituremaker | Nov 24, 2007 08:29pm | #1

   Hi Brian,

   There are a number of ways to make a wooden hinges and wealth of information in past issues of FWW.  Depending on the design of the box there are several methods for making wooden box hinges.
    

   A knuckle hinge first comes to mind, which is essentially a finger joint which pivots on a brass rod. Two good articles that cover knuckle joints can be found in:

   FWW # 80- Routing a Rule Joint by Mac Campbell
   FWW#104- Drop Leaf Breakfast Table by Robert Treanor

   Other articles that deal directly with hinges for boxes:
   FWW#52 -Making Room Screens – A Wooden Hinge for Every Purpose by Steven Mackintosh
   FWW# 87 –Traditional Swiss Boxes –Top Hinge on Wooden Pins by Gottlieb Brandli

   If you do not have access to these back issues you may find some of them as a downloadable PDF file on this website.

   Let me know if this was enough of a point in the right direction.

   Good Luck,

   Darrell

    

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   BriMcG | Nov 24, 2007 10:00pm | #2

   Thanks Darrell! You guys are awesome. I'm a bit new to Woodworking and this site so will try to research a little better before bugging you guys.

   Thanks again, Brian